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CC coach Scott Owens made a great point. He and I were talking about the Tigers winning the MacNaughton Cup, and what a great year it is to win the WCHA regular-season championship — considering eight of the league’s 10 teams could get in the 16-team NCAA Tournament.

(Attn: DU fans, the following quote was not meant as a dig, but an accurate account of CC’s entire season.)

“If we end up winning the championship, I will be proud of the fact that we were good early, good in the middle, and good late,” Owens said. “It’s not a team that all of a sudden caught fire, or unbelievable early and hung on for dear life. I think that’s a testimony to a good team.”